Although winter activity is encouraged, provincial officials say children shouldn't be outside sledding when the temperature reaches below minus 19 degrees Celsius.
Other sledding safety tips provided in a media release by Alberta Health Services include staying away from icy surfaces and making sure the hill has no bumps, holes, bare spots or obstacles.
Officials also say children under the age of five should have an adult on the sled with them.
Sledders are advised to wear a hockey, ski or snowboard helmet and go down the hill sitting up or kneeling on the sled, not head first.
Wearing the proper winter wear is also advised, including mittens instead of gloves, a neck warmer instead of a scarf and clothes without drawstrings.
Children under the age of three have heads that are larger than the rest of their body and they lose heat quickly, so it's also important to put a hat on them and cover their ears, say officials.
